Molino Park Student Awards List
June 15, 2011
The following kindergarten-fourth grade students received end of the year academic awards at Molino Park Elementary School.
(Fifth grade and more third grade awards will be published Thursday.)
Mrs. Sapp:
Citizenship-
Ashley Allen 3rd grade
Danny Antrim 2nd grade
James Holzapfel 3rd grade
Ethan Petras 2nd grade
Arianna Rudd 2nd grade
All A/B’s-
Anna McPherson 2nd grade
Most improved behavior-
Austin Teachey
Most improved in academics-
Shadonavon Young
Mrs. Fountain:
Perfect Attendance-
Tyshe-on Brown 5th grade
All A/B’s-
Sierra Slay 4th grade
Special Recognition-
Jacob Ward 3rd grade
Albert Roberts 5th grade
Accelerated Reader-
Gabriel Hamm 3rd grade
Sierra Slay 4th grade
Blake McAnally 5th grade
FIRST GRADE
Mrs. Findley:
Citizenship-
Jillian Gulledge
Michayla Kent
Trevor Kinnamon
Jaden Lewis
Kileigh Lundy
Lashara McBride
Melody Patterson
Kaden Pendleton
Chase Petras
Makayla Ramsey
Michael Roloph
All A’s-
Jaden Lewis
Kileigh Lundy
Melody Patterson
All A/B’s-
Trevor Kinnamon
Lashara McBride
Handwriting improvement- Devin Creamer
Reading improvement- McKenzie Rudd
Mrs. Lowery:
Citizenship-
Reagan Daniels
Alyssa Day
Serenity Harvell
Lindsey Kimmons
Shelby Prince
Hannah Ratcliff
Brystal Rhodes
Shayle Slay
Logan Thompson
Kailyn Watson
All A’s-
Reagan Daniels
All A/B’s-
Sereity Harvell
Wesley Johnson
Lindsey Kimmons
Brystal Rhodes
Chandler Rogers
Shayle Slay
Kailyn Watson
Special-
Most improved Academics & Behavior-
Josiah Delarosa
Most improved Reading- Bryson Love
Accelerated Reader-
Reagan Daniels 169,967 words read
Sunshine Math-
Reagan Daniels
Wesley Johnson
Lindsey Kimmons
Mrs. Ellis, Kindergarten
Citizenship:
Kendall Little
Briana Ragen
Shelby Lashley
Cameron Partrick
Ethan Collier
Ryan Collier
Ryan Andrews
Rustin Pope
Tony Antrim
Asa Schlobohm
Raven Brigman
Karson Brown
Weston Bishop
Freddy Carnley
Bailey Danielson
Ethan Scull
Blake Dunn
All S’s:
Shelby Lashley
Kendall Little
Cameron Partick
Briana Ragan
Ethan Collier
Ryan Andrews
Asa Schlobohm
Raven Brigman
Karson Brown
Tony Antrim
Freddy Carnley
Bailey Danielson
Rustin Pope
Most Improved Students:
Jesse Milstead
Ethan Scull
Mrs. Bodiford, 1st grade
Citizenship:
Divine Abrams
Melanie Danforth
Dylan Green
Hannah Hassebrock
Chelsi Lashley
Makayla Levins
Madelyn McAnally
Sarah Sconiers
Mackenzie Sims
Addison Spurlock
Bryant Walters
Jordan Wilson
Perfect Attendance:
Tanner Bailey
All A’s:
Addison Spurlock
All AlB’s:
Divine Abrams
Madelyn Mc Anally
Makayla Levins
Dylan Green
Sarah Sconiers
Mackenzie Sims
Bryant Walters
Special:
Most Artistic: Drew Hatcher
Hard Worker: Shelby Lowery
SECOND GRADE
Citizenship
Teagan Andress
Danny Antrim
Chase Arnette
Tayler Bridges
Kaelin Brinker
Kenley Brown
Kaitlyn Burkett
Jessica Conti
Hunter Cook
Joshua Coonrod
Harleigh Crumbley
Nathan Danforth
Tanner Davidson
Gyanna Edmonson
Torrie Edmonson
Jadon Fryman
Brentley Garrett
Julia Knight
Bryce Korinchak
Kaley Lashley
Brayden Mickel
Justin Miller
Lainey Pace
Kellie Parsons
Ethan Petras
Ashley Ragsdale
Ashleigh Ratcliff
Scott Skidmore
Clay Smith
Natalie St. Cyr
Morgan Taylor
Ariel Ward
Ben Ward
Michael Whitmire
Madelyn Zylstra
Perfect Attendance
Harleigh Crumbley
Leia Grantham
Julie Ann Keith
All A’s-
Kaelin Brinker
Jessica Conti
Joshua Coonrod
Nathan Danforth
Jadon Fryman
Leia Grantham
Brayden Mickel
Clay Smith
All A/B’s-
Chase Arnette
Tayler Bridges
Treyton Daughtry
Tanner Davidson
Brentley Garrett
Wesley Hart
Parker Hassebrock
Kaley Lashley
Anna McPherson
Justin Miller
Jeremiah Morris
Lainey Pace
Kellie Parsons
Natalie St. Cyr
Morgan Taylor
Ben Ward
Special Recognition-
Hunter Cook – Best Effort (Venable)
Logan English – Most Successful in Successmaker (Sims)
Jozzlynn Oppenhein- Most Improved (Venable)
Ashleigh Ratcliff- Most Improved in Reading (Daniels)
Madalin Roberts -Improvement in Reading (Solchenberger)
Lad Smith – Most Improved (Sims)
Austin Teachey – Most Improved Citizenship (Sapp)
Shadonavon Young – Most Improved Academics (Sapp)
Sunshine Math -
Chase Arnette
Kaelin Brinker
Jessica Conti
Joshua Coonrod
Connor Crisco
Jadon Fryman
Jeremiah Morris
Ryan Pendleton
Ariel Ward
FOURTH GRADE
Mrs. Garrett:
Citizenship-
Cade Allen
Kendall Enfinger
Taryn janes
Aubree Love
Grace Petras
Claire Roberson
Brandon Santos
Courtney Smith
Austin Smith
Leo Solano
Julie Stanton
Perfect Attendance:
Cade Allen
All A/B’s-
Cade Allen
Taryn Janes
Aubree Love
Hannah McGahan
Claire Roberson
Brandon Santos
Austin Smith
Julie Stanton
Special-
Most Improved:
Grace Petras
Courtney Smith
Top Acc. Reader-
Hannah McGahan
Austin Smith
Brandon Santos
Aubree Love
Sunshine Math-
Ryan Joseph
Mrs. Robinson:
Citizenship-
Maddie Campbell
Crystalyn Daly
Rose Flowers
Kaylin Glenn
Shelby Kizer
Elyssa McQuaid
Perfect Attendance-
Logan Barrett
Cornelius Purifoy
All A/B’s-
Dalton Brown
Nikoal Creamer
Bradley Edgar
Kyrha Shisk
Spencer St. Cyr
Special-
Most improved/effort:
Shelby Kizer
Wyatt Oliver
4th Accelerated Award- July Solchenberger
Mrs. Madril:
Citizenship-
Kennedy Bellard
Dillon Conti
Hannah Ellis
Braden Garrett
Savannah Hart
Jenna Hassebrock
Morgan Lathan
Meredith Morgan
Chase O’Connor
Christian Taylor
Hayley Walker
Perfect Attendance-
Savannah Hart
All A’s-
Cillon Conti
Jenna Hassebrock
Meredith Morgan
Chase O’Connor
All A/B’s-
Kennedy Bellard
Hannah Ellis Taylor Finney
Savannah Hart
Morgan Lathan
Christian Taylor
Hayley Walker
Special:
Most improved- Steven Krohn
Highest AR in class- Dillon Conti
KINDERGARTEN Ms. Cristofoletti
Citizenship-
Aaron Adams
Clay Allen
Kameron Enfinger
Carsen Ferguson-Perkins
Nicklas Fowler
James Hicks
Kacy Knable
Waylon Langford
Miah Massey
Alex Page
Ty Smith
Terrance Stallworth
Corey Bolton
Takayla Chiles
Jeremiah Nettles
All S’s-
Aaron Adams
Clay Allen
Micaela Bolton
Kameron Enfinger
Nicklas Fowler
Miah Massey
Alex Page
Ty Smith
Takayla Chiles
Most Improved-
Wyatt Milstead
ECUA Unveils New Website
June 15, 2011
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority has rolled out a new website that includes easy access to bill paying information.
The new site — www.ecua.fl.gov — welcomes visitors with bold new colors, a clean uncluttered design, and moving images with featured content that is centered on the ECUA’s mission to inform, educate, and inspire new environmental concepts, according to Executive Director Stephen Sorrell.
“We have completely overhauled the ECUA’s outdated website format by putting the customer first with clear, easy-to-find information,” Sorrell said.
About a third of visitors to the ECUA website seek bill paying information. To address this need, a new user-friendly interactive navigation tool, “My Bill” section was created, allowing users to view their bill. An option to pay a bill online is also available for a $1.95 fee.
The new site also includes road and traffic information, boil water advisories and an interactive meeting and events calendar.
Ray Sansom Probe Continues
June 15, 2011
The continuing investigation into Former House Speaker Ray Sansom involves allegations that he used leftover campaign money to reimburse himself, the Florida Current reported Tuesday.
Sansom was cleared in a criminal case involving a project he shepherded into the budget before he was speaker. The House confirmed last week that investigators have continued to ask for documents related to Sansom, and a northwest Florida paper reported that at least one Sansom aide has recently been subpoenaed.
Sansom resigned as speaker in 2008 before he had presided over a session.
It’s not clear what the full aim of the Sansom probe is now – it is legal for lawmakers to use up to $10,000 in leftover campaign funds for certain expenses of the office, including travel. The Current reported Tuesday that some records show Sansom appeared to use some campaign money to reimburse himself directly, though it’s not clear what for. Sansom’s attorney Steve Dobson told the Tallahassee Democrat earlier this week that he doesn’t know anything about the new action in the investigation.
Home Insurance Companies Seek Rate Increases
June 15, 2011
Seven home insurers have asked for rate increases since a new property insurance law went into effect last month but none are using the provision of the law that allows them to raise rates to recoup higher reinsurance costs, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
The newspaper cited an online database of rate requests filed with the Office of Insurance Regulation in reporting that the seven companies – with nearly a half million policies statewide – are requesting the insurance. Primary reasons for the rate hikes range from higher sinkhole claims to projected increases in reinsurance costs.
The largest requested increases are from Castle Key Insurance Co. and Castle Key Indemnity Co., subsidiaries of Allstate. The two companies – with more than 260,000 Florida policyholders – are seeking rate requests of 31 percent and 36 percent on average statewide.
14-Year Old Charged With Carjacking SUV
June 14, 2011
A 14-year old Escambia County teen was arrested Tuesday for carjacking a sport utility vehicle.
About 12:20 this afternoon, Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 8000 block of Pittman Avenue for the reported crime. They were told by the 17-year-old victim that his mother’s vehicle had been taken by two young men, one of which was armed with a handgun.
The victim stated that he was cleaning out his mother’s 2005 Buick Rendezvous when he was approached by the two suspects. One of the suspects, described as a young black male wearing a white shirt and black shorts, displayed a handgun before driving the vehicle away.
The other suspect, later identified as 14-year-old Montevious M. Broadnax (pictured), jumped into the passenger seat, before the vehicle was driven away at a high rate of speed.
“Responding deputies were circulating in the area when they found the stolen vehicle parked on Hope Drive,” said sheriff’s office spokesman Deputy Chris Welborn. “We deployed a K-9 and the suspected passenger was tracked to his residence at 1129 Hope Dr.”
The victim was able to identify Broadnax as one of the suspects; deputies are still trying to identify the second suspect.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or Gulf Coast Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
Escambia Deputies Investigate Shooting, Arson
June 14, 2011
Escambia deputies are looking for leads in a shooting and vehicle arson early Tuesday morning.
The shooting took place about 1:45 a.m. at 840 Limoges Way. Deputies were called after residents heard a number of gunshots in the area.
Deputies were told by the homeowner, Wanda Calland, that she woke to the sounds of gunfire but went back to sleep, thinking nothing of it. Several minutes later Calland was awaken by fire department personnel informing her that her vehicle was on fire.
Crime scene technicians found several bullet holes in the walls of the residence and shell casings on the street.
The Florida State Fire Marshal’s office was called to investigate the fire that destroyed Calland’s 1990 Mazda MX6.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or Gulf Coast Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP
In Escambia, Santa Rosa, Welfare Change May Be More Complicated
June 14, 2011
Pensacola resident Julia Pearsall says she knows glitches will happen as Florida transforms Medicaid into a mandatory managed-care program.
But Pearsall particularly worries about glitches in the Pensacola area — where, unlike most of the state, HMOs aren’t already serving Medicaid beneficiaries.
“What happens in the short run can be a matter of life and death to the recipients,” said Pearsall, who has long worked on social-service issues.
Pearsall and an estimated 125 other people turned out Monday for a public hearing to discuss the massive Medicaid overhaul that lawmakers passed last month. It was the first hearing outside Tallahassee, as the Agency for Health Care Administration barnstorms across the state to take public comments about the overhaul.
“I am their most accessible health care provider,” Kim Cadenhead, owner of Kim’s Family Pharmacy in Cantonment, said. “Mailorder pharmacies are not, and never can be, a good health care provider. Any managed care program that incentivies mail-order prescriptions will be detrimental to my patients and to my business.”
For an earlier NorthEscambia.com story and additional comments from area pharmacists, click here.
Many of the Pensacola concerns echoed those in a Tallahassee hearing Friday. The loudest came from community pharmacists worried that managed-care plans will shut them out of the Medicaid business.
But questions have long swirled about how the Medicaid overhaul will work in the Panhandle. Many Medicaid beneficiaries throughout the state already enroll in managed-care plans — either voluntarily or in a five-county pilot program — but not in most of the Panhandle.
The lack of managed-care plans in the region, however, could change. Jennifer Robertson, a lobbyist for WellCare Health Plans, said during the hearing that her company plans to enter the Pensacola market.
Charles Brewer, president of Health First Network, a 600-physician network that contracts with managed-care plans in the western Panhandle, said his company expects to work with WellCare.
Brewer said his network contracted with a WellCare subsidiary, Healthease, from 2004 to 2009. But he said state cuts in Medicaid payment rates to HMOs led both companies to pull out of the program in the Panhandle.
The Panhandle and rural areas could be a key issue during the next few years as the state tries to carry out the overhaul. As an indication of the concerns, lawmakers took steps to make it easier to move forward with mandatory managed care in Northwest Florida.
The overhaul carves the state into 11 regions, with managed-care plans competing for contracts in each region. Northwest Florida has two of the regions — one going from Escambia to Walton counties in the western Panhandle, and the other including 14 counties that go all the way east to Madison County.
The law calls for the state Agency for Health Care Administration to contract with two managed-care plans in each of the Northwest Florida regions. Each of the other regions throughout the state could have more managed-care plans, with a region including Miami-Dade and Monroe counties having as many as 10.
Also, each plan that wins a contract in a Northwest Florida region will be awarded a contract in another region as something of a bonus.
The Pensacola hearing is one of 11 that AHCA is holding over a week-long period, as it prepares to meet an Aug. 1 deadline for submitting details of the proposed overhaul to the federal government.
With Republican leaders looking for ways to hold down costs in the $20 billion Medicaid system, Gov. Rick Scott signed the overhaul into law June 2. If approved by federal officials, almost all Medicaid beneficiaries statewide would be required to enroll in managed-care plans by Oct. 1, 2014.
During Monday’s hearing, managed-care industry officials told the audience that the changes, in part, will lead to better care that will improve the health of beneficiaries.
“We’re not managed costs,” said William McHugh, president of Amerigroup Florida. “We’re managed care.”
Steve Snider, an official with Molina Healthcare, acknowledged that the change faces questions in the Panhandle. But he also said he thinks it is the best alternative.
“Please keep your minds open,” Snider said.
Other speakers, however, raised repeated concerns about how the overhaul would affect community pharmacies and seniors.
Mom-and-pop pharmacies worry they will get elbowed out of the Medicaid business by managed-care plans that will use mail-order prescriptions or divert patients to other pharmacies. A steady stream of pharmacy operators asked for help during the hearing.
“With unemployment and the economy the way it is, it seems illogical to put more stress on independent business,” said David Enfinger, of A&E Pharmacy in Pensacola.
But Michael Garner, president of the Florida Association of Health Plans, said the overhaul will allow patients to have choices about the best way to get prescriptions.
Some speakers also said they were worried about requiring Panhandle seniors to enroll in Medicaid managed-care plans. The state plans to start moving forward with that requirement in July 2012, making it the first part of the overhaul to take effect.
Jason Waddell, a Pensacola elder-law attorney, said state officials should look at whether such a requirement is even feasible in the Panhandle, instead of putting it in place statewide.
“There’s not been any data that shows this will work,” Waddell said.
Managed-care officials, however, contend the overhaul will lead to seniors getting care in their homes and communities instead of going into more costly nursing homes.
By Jim Saunders
The News Service of Florida
Hot Weather Continues
June 14, 2011
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
- Wednesday…Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent. Highest heat index 105 to 107 in the afternoon.
- Wednesday Night…Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph becoming around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
- Thursday…Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the morning…then scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
- Thursday Night…Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
- Friday…Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
- Friday Night…Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
- Saturday…Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
- Saturday Night…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
- Sunday…Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s.
- Sunday Night…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
- Monday…Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
- Monday Night…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
- Tuesday…Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Molino Park Elementary Library Open During Summer
June 14, 2011
Molino Park Elementary is opening their school library this summer to promote summer reading.
The Molino Park Library will be open for Molino Park students on June 15, June 29, July 13, July 27 and August 10. The library will be open from 9 a.m. until noon. On June 29, students are encouraged to dress in red, white and blue for the Fourth, and August 10 will bring a back to school summer surprise.
There will be guest readers each day, along with activities related to the stories that are read. Parents and students can check out books, and students can take Accelerated Reader tests.
For more information, contact the school at (850) 587-5265.
Parents are required to stay with their children, and books that are checked out are due back August 10.
Escambia To Hold Public Hearing On Fire Tax Increase
June 14, 2011
The fire fee tacked onto your annual property tax bill may be going up if you are a resident of Escambia County.
The Escambia County Commission has scheduled a Thursday public hearing to consider hiking the Municipal Services Benefit Unit (MSBU) fee by $5 per year for the next couple of years.
The current fee, assessed to Escambia County residents outside the city limits of Pensacola, is $75 per year. If the county commission passes the proposal, the fee would be $80 in 2012 and $85 in 2013.
Commercial property owners would also see an increase in the their fire tax, jumping about $60 per 10,000 square feet.
The increase fees, estimated at about a half million from residential property owners, will go toward funding 12 paid firefighters. The firefighters were first hired under a 2009 grant that decreases yearly before ending.
The public hearing on the increase will be June 16, 5:30 in the commission chambers at the Escambia County Governmental Complex on Palafox Place in downtown Pensacola.